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Should we use archive subpages here? [[User:Naleksuh|Naleksuh]] ([[User talk:Naleksuh|talk]]) 00:15, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
:{{ping|Naleksuh}} While I'm not ''opposed'' to continuing to use archive subpages until they reach a certain page size, I would say I'm maybe slightly more partial to the permalink archive method or, perhaps even better, to redoing the <code>preload</code> we use for a new [[TestWiki:Bots|bot]] request such that it creates a subpage in the name of the bot's username. See [https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests/Permissions Test Wikipedia's permissions page] for an example of what I mean. What do you think about either of those options? [[mh:meta:User:Dmehus|Dmehus]] ([[User talk:Dmehus|talk]]) 01:35, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
:: {{hidden ping|Dmehus}} I would think that using the archive subpages is more in line with how it's done in other places on
::: {{ping|Naleksuh}} Yes, it certainly would be more consistent, but [[TestWiki:Bot approval requests]] is a bit of a different user group in several ways. For one thing, a bot's approval may be ''modified'', potentially more than once, so strictly archiving the request in the traditional manner may be undesirable. For another consideration, a bot's approval may be later ''withdrawn'', ''revoked'', or even ''transferred'' to another bot or operator. Finally, historically, a [[User:Revibot|bot]] archived [[TestWiki:Request permissions]], but it hasn't operated here in several years. That could certainly ''change''. So, yeah, those would just be some of my reasons for wanting to try something different here. In any case, we've probably got time on our side here, as there's only two approved bot requests on this page, and neither is currently operating. So, we have time to think this over some more. [[mh:meta:User:Dmehus|Dmehus]] ([[User talk:Dmehus|talk]]) 13:27, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
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